A TOUCH OF WINTER

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 31 August 1928, Page 8

A TOUCH OF WINTER

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW .For the first time this vyinter tkore was snpw lying this'morning ou the higher~)ii!_ls around Wellington. It was but a sprinkling, and was thawed fairly sppri by the siui, but still it was snow, and a reminder that the winter is not over, Last night was fairly boisterous. a,t times and very wot, owing to the crossing of the Dominion by ' the trough pf an intense depression. Festerday'a, north-westerly winds changed round to strong soutlj-westerlies which in places readied the force of a gale. 4ut this niornjng, sgutlj of, Farer well Spjt and Kaikpura they were $Or creasing, although still strong in many places. Heavy rajn fejl during the night in many places in the South Island and in Cook Strait, squally conditions being general. In Wellington Jig points, pf rajn we,re recorded, and the temperature fell 14 degrees with startling §ud4enpegs per tween §,23 and 2J7 a.m, as the ppl^ change reached, tfip city. Qupw foil on niaiiy of. the' higher levels iv bptji inlands. The; heavy rajn seeing to have done little pr no damage ip the way of bringing' down more slips, heavy waa the sea in tho harbour heavy enough to make matters worse along tho Hutt railway line. Fortunately last night's disturbance was only short-lived, and tho meteprplogical forecast this morning is_ for improving, although Gold, conditions. The south-westerly winds are likely to decrease in force. Tho North Island may still esperieflco unsettled and showery weather, It wi]l b.o mainly fair over tho South Island, but a gradual and general improvement may bo expected. Owing to the colder temporaturps, there arg lijcpjy to bo souio frosts to-night.